Table 1.

Summary of gut microbiota in women

	Summary of gut microbiota
Healthy female[27]	Decreased: Bacteroides abundance with ↑diversity than in men
Healthy female[27]	Increased: Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Parabacteroides than in men
Menstruation[29]	Decreased: Bacteroidota, Butyricicoccus, Extibacter, Megasphaera, Parabacteroides
Pregnancy[31-33]	Increased: Actionbacteria, Proteobacteria, Akkermansia, Bifidobacterium, Bacillota
Pregnancy[31-33]	Decreased: Short chain fatty acids producers
Polycistic ovarian syndrome[36]	Increased: Phocaeicola vulgatus, Bacillota, Streptococcus, Escherichia/Shigella
Polycistic ovarian syndrome[36]	Decreased: Tenericutes, Akkermansia, Oscillospiraceae
Menopause[22]	Increased: Bacillota, Roseburia, Lachnospira, Bacteroidota
Menopause[22]	Decreased: Bilophila, Prevotella, Parabacteroides
Breast cancer[40,41]	Increased: Eubacteriales, Bacillus, Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus
Cervical cancer[37]	Increased: Proteobacteria, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Dialister
Cervical cancer[37]	Decreased: Bacteroides, Alistipes, Lachnospiraceae
Ovarian cancer[39]	Increased: Prevotella, Coriobacteriaceae, Bifidobacterium